I don't buy the the age aspect as I am almost that old and I took care
of a very similar breathing problem.
In 1980 when Mt Saint Helens blew it's top I was up there to help in
rescue. I worked all day in the dust without any dust mask. My lungs
felt heavy for years but I didn't have any breathing troubles at that
time as well as being an auto Mechanic with breathing a lot of asbestos
from brake work so you see abuse wise I've been there and done that
except for smoking which I have never done.
I ride a bicycle for exercise and there is a hill on my route that I
would get so out of wind I would get dizzy when riding up it almost to
the point of falling off the bike. I was also out of breath tying my
shoes and when going to the bathroom in the middle of the night I would
breath so hard from the exertion that when I got back into bed I thought
it would waken my wife.
At that point I started taking vitamin C and l-Lysine at 6 grams a day
each. On the third day I rode over the hill and didn't notice it was
there as far as breathing was concerned. The other breathing problems
stopped also. At the same time I took a course of CMO followed by
Glucosamine Chondroiten and MSM to rebuild my joints which made it so
I didn't have to hold my breath with exertion and exacerbate the
breathing problem. I didn't have to groan when arising from my chair or
getting up from the floor when working on a car.
No intelligence here just my experiences.
Dave
marmar...@bellsouth.net wrote:
I thought I'd canvas the intelligent people on this group for some
ideas to help my husband. He has trouble breathing, and doctors don't
seem to be able to help him. The breathing difficulty occurs with any
exertion at all, and also when he bends over as in to tie a shoelace.
He's had x-rays of his lungs, and the doctors have told him that he
has Histoplasmosis -- but that that is not causing his breathing
difficulty. The doctors (pulmonologists) said that basically what's
wrong with his lungs is that they're 75 years old. I know a lot of
75-year old people who have no trouble breathing, so that doesn't cut
it with me. They prescribed inhalation products for him, but they did
not help. Some background: he was a firefighter for thirty years, he
was a very heavy smoker for at least as long (but hasn't smoked in
twenty-five years), and most recently he ran two poultry growing
houses for thirteen years. So his lungs! have h ad plenty of
abuse. He is otherwise a healthy and strong individual, about ten lbs.
overweight with a bit of a paunch but not a lot. If his lungs aren't
diseased, except for the Histoplasmosis, then what is causing the
breathing difficulties? If anyone has any ideas to share, we'd be
grateful. Oh -- one other thing -- his father died from emphysema. I
don't know if that disease is genetic or not, or if it predisposes him
to lung trouble. But he's not been diagnosed with emphysema -- or
least no one has told us so. TIA. MA
